Silver Apples (album)
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Silver Apples is the debut album by the band of the same name
. It was the most successful original album by the band, reaching 193 on the Billboard 200
. The album was re-released in 1997 by MCA Records
. It was compiled with the band's second album Contact
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The Silver Apples
Silver Apples are an American psychedelic electronic music duo from New York, composed of Simeon Coxe III, who performs as Simeon, on a primitive synthesizer of his own devising , and until his death in 2005, drummer Danny Taylor. The group was active between 1967 and 1969, before reforming in the...
. It was the most successful original album by the band, reaching 193 on the Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
. The album was re-released in 1997 by MCA Records
MCA Records
MCA Records was an American-based record company owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group , of which MCA Records was still part. MCA Records was absorbed by Geffen Records in 2003...
. It was compiled with the band's second album Contact
Contact (Silver Apples album)
Contact is the second album by Silver Apples. The cover and inner artwork generated a lawsuit from Pan Am Airlines. The cover features the Silver Apples in a plane cockpit with drug paraphernalia and the inner artwork showed the band amongst plane wreckage playing banjos...
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Track listing
- "Oscillations" (Danny Taylor, Stanley Warren) 2:48
- "Seagreen Serenades" (Simeon Coxe III, Warren) 2:55
- "Lovefingers" (Simeon, Warren) 4:11
- "Program" (Simeon, Warren) 4:07
- "Velvet Cave" (Simeon, Warren) 3:30
- "Whirly-Bird" (Simeon, Warren) 2:41
- "Dust" (Simeon, Warren) 3:40
- "Dancing Gods" (Navajo Indian Ceremonial) 5:57
- "Misty Mountain" (Eileen Lewellen, Simeon) 3:26
Band
- Dan Taylor - DrumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, percussionPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
, vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments... - Simeon - OscillatorsElectronic oscillatorAn electronic oscillator is an electronic circuit that produces a repetitive electronic signal, often a sine wave or a square wave. They are widely used in innumerable electronic devices...
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Charts
| Chart (1968) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Billboard 200 | 193 |